Inside Pediatrics Winter 2019

WOLFSON NAMED ST. BALDRICK’S FOUNDATION ADVOCATE OF THE MONTH Julie Wolfson, M.D. , Pediatric Hematology Oncology, was named the April Advocate of the Month by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation. Dr. Wolfson is a St. Baldrick’s Scholar and was recognized for her work on disparities in access to quality cancer care for adolescents and young adults (AYAs). She attended Childhood Cancer Action Day in Washington, D.C., with the foundation and two Children’s of Alabama teen cancer survivors and their families. They spent the day speaking with Alabama senators and representatives. ROSS NAMED MEMBER OF INAUGURAL IDSA INSTITUTE Shannon Ross, M.D. , Pediatric Infectious Diseases, is a member of the inaugural Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) Leadership Institute. The IDSA gathered 30 diverse leaders from across the United States (and Malawi) for the launch of the inaugural IDSA Leadership Institute. As the first program of its kind designed exclusively for infectious diseases and HIV specialists, attendees built upon existing leadership skills common to the ID professional and developed new tools to enhance their leadership capacity. BARNES, RICHTER AWARDED UAB FDGP FUNDING Margaux Barnes, Ph.D. , Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, and Robert Richter, M.D. , Pediatric Critical Care, have been awarded funding from the UAB Faculty Development Grant Program (FDGP) for their proposed projects. Barnes’ project is titled “Resistance Training Intervention to Promote Lean Mass in Youth with IBD.” Richter’s project is titled “Evaluation of Roneparstat as a Novel Treatment Strategy in Sepsis.” As part of the program, all participants are required to present a poster detailing their project at a poster session hosted by the Provost and Faculty Senate. GUIMBELLOT ELECTED TO AAP SOCPT EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Jennifer Guimbellot, M.D., Ph.D. , Pediatric Pulmonology, was recently elected to serve as a member of the American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (SOCPT) Executive Committee. Her three-year term will begin on Nov. 1, 2019, and run through 2022. The SOCPT serves to advance the mission and vision of the section and ultimately the health of infants and children. STOLL NAMED TO SPARTAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS Matthew Stoll, M.D. , Pediatric Rheumatology, has been named to the Spondyloarthritis Research and Treatment Network (SPARTAN) Board of Directors. He will serve a three-year term beginning May 2019 through May 2022. 11 PEDIATRIC FACULTY MEMBERS APPOINTED TO CWRH Eleven UAB pediatric faculty members have been appointed to the Center for Women’s Reproductive Health (CWRH). The mission of the CWRH is to conduct research aimed at improving the reproductive health and survival of all women, especially minority and underserved women and offspring and their families, and facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration between UAB researchers and developing scholars interested in women’s reproductive health. The appointed faculty members are Namasivayam Ambalavanan, M.D. , Neonatology; Suresh Boppana, M.D. , Pediatric Infectious Diseases; William Britt, M.D. , Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Waldemar Carlo, M.D. , Neonatology; Krista Casazza, Ph.D. , Adolescent Medicine; Karen Fowler, Ph.D. , Pediatric Infectious Diseases; David Kimberlin, M.D. , Pediatric Infectious Diseases; Charitharth Lal, M.D. , Neonatology; Myriam Peralta, M.D. , Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics; Shannon Ross, M.D. , Pediatric Infectious Diseases; and Brian Sims, M.D. , Neonatology.

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